Court Vision: How rookies view each other

18.2 percent of this season’s rookie class thinks that Boston’s Kelly Olynyk will go on to have the best NBA career. (Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)

• Entertaining stuff, as always, from this year’s rookie survey, in which 36 members of the rookie class voted their peers for various superlatives. Among the notables: Boston’s Kelly Olynyk tied with Orlando’s Victor Oladipo as the rookie likely to have the best NBA career; Detroit’s Tony Mitchell won most athletic honors in a landslide; and Dallas’ Ricky Ledo received votes for most overlooked (T-1st), best defender and best playmaker despite not playing a minute of college basketball.

• To put in perspective how much these things matter, flip back to this 2007-08 rookie survey, unearthed by Alex Dewey. Four of the players who registered in the top five for “best shooter” are no longer in the league. Nick Young received a vote as the rookie who would play the most All-Star games. Alando Tucker and D.J. Strawberry received votes as Rookie of the Year favorites. Glen Davis received a vote as the top playmaker among rookies. The baffling decisions go on and on.

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Last visit of Iranian national basketball team in the group stage against AFC championship win and the other will go to China.

Iranian national basketball team at the third meeting of the Group C clash with China in Asia went with the defending champion won an overwhelming 70 to 51. With this victory as the sum of twelve top teams Sdrnshyn third group was Asian.

* First quarter: 26 of 16

According to ISNA, Mehdi Kamrani, Hamid Afaq, S. Nykkhvahbhramy, Sahakyan and Hamed Haddadi Oshin made up of combinations. Full advantage of the first quarter began. My Samad Bahrami Iran nikkhah beat and the defense did not allow the work to China.

Iran's defense did not allow the opponent and the ball Rbayyhay self Kamrani Amtyazavry the opportunity for basketball was created.

Furthermore, Iran's defense better and better. Three minutes left in the first quarter to the end of the opponent was from 17 to 7. Samad Bahrami nikkhah star of the first quarter the score was 10 to the minutes of the match.

Interestingly, in this quarter of the China Zhi Zhi Lian Kadrfny Center Wang Zhi Zhi did not play his well-known veteran center also benefited only a few minutes. Rate Bchyrvvych with increasing distance to the rest of his original Mhrh’hay fielded replacement players. The circumstances of this quarter, as well as to control the opponent's defense and his team won 16 of 26.

* Second quarter: 8 of 15

China started the second quarter with the score which he was a successful launch Tuesday. Both teams worked well in defense and counter-attacks were trying to use. Rate Shvthay Tuesday Rbayyhay Kamrani China and the ball field has created a beautiful scene.

Hamed Haddadi was powerful in China, and the score was under the basket. Bchyrvvych students had a good performance and had a few mistakes. Using China Mvqytsazy mistakes young players, but they were not successful teams in Amtyazavry. 22 out of 35 on the opponent had the opportunity to Bchyrvvych Nshynsh bench personnel into the field.

Of the top teams in the field and powerfully influences the basket and gets good position and continued to score Vryash.

41 to 24 in favor of the first half of the match ended.

* Third quarter: 17 of the 13 Chinese

Bchyrvvych in the third quarter and the Chinese tried to break the nuts Klydyash the same conditions were used and scores. Both teams worked well in defense, but the attack failed. Barter game progressed and the scores were low. Wang Zhi Zhi of the Chinese space center veteran was trying to reduce the distance between points Bchyrvvych Hamed Haddadi re-enter the earth. His sole Tazyash the field began.

China will continue to try Brtryash third quarter to continue the good regional defense could not stop the attacks Iran. Ball annoyed kidnapping of the Chinese and the Chinese in the third quarter of 17 to 13 rose to prominence.

* Fourth quarter: 16 of 10

The fourth quarter began the better of her. Beginning on the strength of four points Haddadi cart. 43 out of 58 on the opponent's defense and with appropriate margin of safety will be maintained. Iran in the quarter with good defense and did not allow the Chinese to control them before they do. Although the position of National coating were successful but low-scoring game in the quarter progressed.



Four minutes into the match, the remaining 63 of the 44 were from China before. Fourth quarter results 16 to 10 in favor of the end.

Therefore, the second step of the way Sdrnshyn Group III Group IV tournament and the first three teams to compete. The second stage of the Champions League competition begins Monday

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Jordan Farmar Press Conference

The Lakers have signed guard Jordan Farmar. Farmar, originally selected by the Lakers, spent his first four NBA seasons with Los Angeles and helped the team to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances and back-to-back NBA Championships. WATCH: Jordan Farmar Press Conference | Press Release

Lakers Statement From General Manager Mitch Kupchak

This statement was released today by Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak regarding the team’s meeting with free agent center Dwight Howard: "Jim Buss, Mike D’Antoni, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Tim Harris and I, along with representatives from our partners at Time Warner Cable SportsNet and AEG, met this afternoon for approximately two hours with Dwight Howard

Kobe on his Legacy

In the final part of our 1-on-1 interview with Kobe Bryant, the 15-time All-Star discusses how long he thinks he can continue to play at an elite level, reveals his all-time starting five, explains to what degree rings tell the story for a player's legacy, talks about how the game has developed in his 17 years in the league and more

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IN rt II of our three part series with Kobe Bryant, he discusses the impending free agency of Dwight Howard, including why it's critical that Howard arrives at his decision on his own.

Below is a transcription of some of Bryant's key points:

Q: On L.A.'s roster for next season:
Bryant: I think it really depends on what Dwight decides to do.

Q: On why he wants Howard to stay with the Lakers:
Bryant: I think his talent level, his defensive prowess. We saw what he could do at the end of the year when we all started clicking … I think that makes him extremely, extremely valuable

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Q: On the importance of Howard arriving at his own decision on where to play:
Bryant: It has to be his decision. The last thing you want to do is convince a person that they want to be here. If you have to convince them when challenges or adversity comes up next season, it's very easy to say, 'Well they had to convince me to be here anyway, I really didn't want to be here, I'd rather be (somewhere else) but they sold me on it.' You want it to be his decision. When it's something that's rooted inside of him, it's something he champions. I just want to be there to assist his decision.

Q: On what the Lakers mean to him:
Bryant: L.A. is home for me. It's the longest place I've ever stayed as a kid moving around. Being in one place for 17 years was completely foreign for me. But this is home. With the organization going forward you're going to expect the same old, same old. Figuring it out, figuring it out now. I hear the critics (of) the roster, everything is up in the air … it may seem that way now but the dust will settle. We'll have a team out there on the floor that's going to be a contender.